Catastrophic rockslides and the geomorphology of the Hunza and Gilgit river valleys, Karakoram Himalaya

Erdkunde

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 72-93

  Hewitt, K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RIVER BASIN; ROCK AVALANCHE;

GILGIT RIVER; HUNGARY; HUNZA RIVER;

EID: 0035062884     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2001.01.05     Document Type: Article

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